Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-08-18
FARM AND GARDEN.
COW MANURE IN PASTURE.


rich. The food is succulent and stimu-
lating to milk production. and this re-
moves most of the nitrogenous and
mineral clements that the COW eats. II
the cows are yarded at night the more
valuable parts of their manure are left
in the farmyard.
SETTING STRAWBERRY PLANTS.
The sooner strawberry plants are set
out in July or August the better chance
for a crop next Spring. II large
patch is to be set. wait for rainy time,
that their growth be not too much
checked. Frequent hoeing and stop
ping the growth of runners will make
the hills thrifty. All the fruit buds for
next Summers crop must, however, be
formed this fall
MILDEw ON LATE PEAS.
Owing to mildew peas sown late sell.
dom amount to much. Occasionally
there is a cool, MOST time as the pods
are setting which, prevents mlldew
from spreading; ke ,ho vines do not
set so freely as thot Mich made their
first growth slowlssee arlyin the season.
1t is possible that sulphur. Or copperas
water will check this mldew. 1t is
well worth trying. as the green pea
season could be protracted until Fall.
WATERING CUCUMBERs.
1t pays to water cucumbers. provided
the work Is done as IL should be, as is
seldom the case. Too often the surface
of the ground is only slightly moislen.
ed, and if water is poured on. it often
does as much harm as good. The
cucumber hill should DO depressed
around the plants. Remove little of
the surface soil and gently sprinkle the
water over the plants until not they
but the soil to depth of four or five
inches is thoroughly moistencd. Then
replace the surface soil. which is the
best kind of mulch. One such water
ing week will keep the plants thrifty
in the dryeSt time.
TREES AS WIRE FENCE POSTS.
1t is possible to use fruit trees for
fence posts when wire is the material
employed. The wires should not be
tackled directly upon the tree, but n
strip of board nailed to it and the wire
attached to that Apple trees planted
tn 'rty feet apart will need light stake
between TO keep the wire from sagginS.
With trees in the fence ii is not best 20
try to pillow closely to them. but get the
ground seeded and leave strip of
eight or ten feet in grass which should
be mown and saved. This headland in
grass is convenient for turning around
on at the end of rows when cultivating
in hood crops.
WATERING COWS IN SUMNER.
Any animal giving milk requires fire.
quent watering. While many COWS in
Winter will only drink once II day,
they will in Summer require water three
times, morning, noon and night. and
drink heartily each time. The water
even in Summer is better for standing
where it will be nearly blood warmth.
Fresh water from the well is for this
season not so good as that from streams
or ponds. where it is warmed by the
surrounding air. Doubtless water as
cold as ice is not best for human
beings, but we have no such practical
test of its bad effects as any one can
have from giving it to mich COWS.
WHY TIMOTHY RUNS OUT.
Timothy is never cut until too late
for the good of the plant if not of the
hay. A meadow late in the Summer
is oily driedup stubble with scarcely
any green heritage if composed only
OF timothy. The exposed dubious root
is the natural home of the white grub
and the eggs for producing these are
laid in them, while if the field is
seeded with clover or some grass that
sprouts quickly after cutting the tim
othy will be protected. Timothy roots
feed mainly near the surface, while
those of clover strike deeply into the
subsoil. With some clover sown with
1t timothy sod will last two or three
years longer than without the clover.
COTToN-sEED MEAL.
The fact that English farmers have
largely substituted cotton-sced meal
for linseed is perhaps good evidence of
its greater cheapncss. England for
many years took the refuse from our
flax seed and thus kept up to point
where most American feeders thought
they could not afford to use it. OF late
years linseed meal is compar atively
cheap, due probably in large part to
the more extensive use of Indian corn
as stock feed in England. In fattening
his beef on corn John Bull is drawing
on an almost inexhaustible supply. But
at present both kinds of oil meal are
for some purposes more nearly on
basis with corn for cheapnesS than they
formerly were.
WORKING YOUNG COLTS.
A colt from draught stock or for
farm purposes alone should be broken
when two years old, and may even
then be put at light work provided it
is not continued so long as to overtax
the strength. Perhaps the work done
will oe worth little more than the time
required to get it. but it is important
for the muscular development on which
the future value of a horse must de-
pend. Even when three years old the
colt should not be put at heavy work.
but more can be done with him if he
has been mildly worked the previous
season. A colt that grows up till three
or four years old before being broken
in and having his muscles hardened,
finds himself possessed of more
strength than he can use without injury
to himself. Trotting stock is now
handled to secure earlier development.
KILLING By MULCHING.
Where there is a small patch of this
ties they may be destroyed most effect
ually by mulching. Do not cut off the
fnpS hint hury thon, unbar tho otra,y